{"id":39379,"date":"2019-09-01T14:22:01","date_gmt":"2019-09-01T18:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=39379"},"modified":"2019-09-01T15:34:37","modified_gmt":"2019-09-01T19:34:37","slug":"the-new-icom-ic-705-qrp-portable-backpackable-transceiver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/09\/the-new-icom-ic-705-qrp-portable-backpackable-transceiver\/","title":{"rendered":"The new Icom IC-705 QRP portable, backpackable transceiver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Icom-IC-705-Transceiver.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39380 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Icom-IC-705-Transceiver.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"485\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Icom-IC-705-Transceiver.jpg 485w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Icom-IC-705-Transceiver-300x137.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 485px) 100vw, 485px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This weekend at Tokyo&#8217;s Ham Fair 2019, Icom announced an innovative transceiver to their line-up: the <strong>Icom IC-705<\/strong> QRP transceiver.<\/p>\n<p>The IC-705 introduces several industry firsts for a backpack portable radio:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It uses the same BP-272 Li-ion Battery pack as the ID-51 and ID-31 series D-Star handy talkies. To my knowledge, this is the only HF transceiver that uses battery packs that can be swapped so easily in the field&#8211;like one would swap an HT battery pack<\/li>\n<li>It has a general coverage receiver that spans a whopping 0.5 to 148 MHz<\/li>\n<li>It sports a full color, touch screen with spectrum and waterfall displays<\/li>\n<li>It includes the D-Star digital voice mode<\/li>\n<li>A GPS receiver<\/li>\n<li>Bluetooth connectivity<\/li>\n<li>A MicroSD card slot for memory storage, screen captures and recordings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All of this appears to be included, not add-on options.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IC-705_400x281.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39384 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IC-705_400x281.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IC-705_400x281.jpg 400w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IC-705_400x281-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The only IC-705 omission, in my opinion, is an internal ATU (antenna tuner). Something I would have expected, but not a deal-breaker for those of us who could really benefit from the amount of features this radio offers.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_39382\" style=\"width: 599px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Icom-IC-705-Connections-Side-Panle-Views.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39382\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39382\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Icom-IC-705-Connections-Side-Panle-Views.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"589\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Icom-IC-705-Connections-Side-Panle-Views.jpg 589w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Icom-IC-705-Connections-Side-Panle-Views-300x229.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 589px) 100vw, 589px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-39382\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Side and back panel view noting ports and connections.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>There is no word yet on pricing or availability, but you can count on us to post these details once they&#8217;re available. If you would like to follow updates, bookmark the tag: <a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/tag\/ic-705\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IC-705<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We will also review on the Icom IC-705 as soon as it&#8217;s available.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 1.28571rem;\">Video from Amateur Logic\/Ham College<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Ray Novak (N9JA) with Icom America did a live video interview with Amateur Logic\/Ham College TV yesterday. The video includes a full announcement in English from the Icom Booth:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NOcPsd_s0sc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/NOcPsd_s0sc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to view on YouTube.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>IC-705 Pre-Release brochure<\/h2>\n<p>Many thanks to Ray Novak for snapping a few photos of the pre-release brochure:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Icom-IC-705-Preliminary-Brochure-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39387\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Icom-IC-705-Preliminary-Brochure-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Icom-IC-705-Preliminary-Brochure-1.jpg 960w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Icom-IC-705-Preliminary-Brochure-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Icom-IC-705-Preliminary-Brochure-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Icom-IC-705-Preliminary-Brochure-1-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Icom-IC-705-Preliminary-Brochure-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39386\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Icom-IC-705-Preliminary-Brochure-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Icom-IC-705-Preliminary-Brochure-2.jpg 960w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Icom-IC-705-Preliminary-Brochure-2-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Icom-IC-705-Preliminary-Brochure-2-768x520.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Icom-IC-705-Preliminary-Brochure-2-624x423.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Icom-IC-705-Preliminary-Brochure-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39389\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Icom-IC-705-Preliminary-Brochure-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Icom-IC-705-Preliminary-Brochure-3.jpg 960w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Icom-IC-705-Preliminary-Brochure-3-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Icom-IC-705-Preliminary-Brochure-3-768x536.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Icom-IC-705-Preliminary-Brochure-3-624x436.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Icom-IC-705-Preliminary-Brochure-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39388\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Icom-IC-705-Preliminary-Brochure-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Icom-IC-705-Preliminary-Brochure-4.jpg 960w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Icom-IC-705-Preliminary-Brochure-4-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Icom-IC-705-Preliminary-Brochure-4-768x544.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Icom-IC-705-Preliminary-Brochure-4-624x442.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Update:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/icomuk.co.uk\/files\/icom\/PDF\/newsFile\/IC-705_Tokyo_Hamfair.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>click here to download the full IC-705 brochure.<\/strong><\/a> <em>Hat tip to Dave Zantow!<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>A surprise from one of the &#8220;Big Three&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>The &#8220;Big Three&#8221; transceiver manufactures&#8211;Icom, Yaesu and Kenwood&#8211;have not shown a lot of interest in backpackable QRP radios over the past two decades.<\/p>\n<p>By &#8220;backpackable&#8221; I mean QRP transceivers specifically designed for portable use in the field&#8211;radios that typically have built-in battery options, internal ATUs, and designed to be lightweight shack-in-a-box units.<\/p>\n<p>Yaesu introduced the FT-817 almost twenty years ago and it lives on today (with modest upgrades) as the FT-818. Kenwood has no portable\/backpackable HF QRP radio at this point.<\/p>\n<p>I bet the IC-705 is being introduced today because Icom sees a strong market among field-portable operators who enjoy travel and outdoor radio activities like SOTA (Summits On The Air) and POTA (Parks On The Air).\u00a0 In addition, many ham radio operators live in neighborhoods that are either plagued with radio interference (RFI) or don&#8217;t allow antennas to be installed outdoors. Portable radios liberate ham radio ops from their shacks and allow them to set up a station far away from noise or home owner&#8217;s associations.<\/p>\n<h2>Looking forward&#8230;<\/h2>\n<p>Again, I&#8217;ll be in touch with Icom about the IC-705 and will share updates here when they&#8217;re available. I&#8217;m looking forward to evaluation this rig when it hits the market!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong><em>Do you enjoy the SWLing Post?<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Please consider supporting us via\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/bePatron?u=7466002&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fswling.com%2Fblog%2F&amp;utm_medium=widget\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/bePatron?u%3D7466002%26redirect_uri%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fswling.com%252Fblog%252F%26utm_medium%3Dwidget&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1534765144986000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEe7C7aRTKqwuFkU5YIo8XEqPqthw\"><span class=\"il\">Patreon<\/span><\/a>\u00a0or our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&amp;hosted_button_id=TGGFP2XVZDPP2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr?cmd%3D_s-xclick%26hosted_button_id%3DTGGFP2XVZDPP2&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1534765144986000&amp;usg=AFQjCNH45maBgVLGpqLmQQvviVKBNMEGUw\"><span class=\"il\">Coffee<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Fund<\/span><\/a>! <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Your support makes articles like this one possible. 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The IC-705 introduces several industry firsts for a backpack portable radio: It uses the same BP-272 Li-ion Battery pack as the ID-51 and ID-31 series D-Star handy talkies. To my knowledge, this is the only [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[545,836,3,3196,5099,43],"tags":[7978,2884,7977,7980,7979],"class_list":["post-39379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ham-radio","category-new-products","category-news","category-portable-radio","category-qrp","category-shortwave-radio","tag-ic-705","tag-icom","tag-icom-ic-705","tag-tokyo-ham-fair","tag-tokyo-ham-fair-2019"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-af9","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":44406,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/new-icom-ic-705-videos-and-few-answers-to-your-questions\/","url_meta":{"origin":39379,"position":0},"title":"New Icom IC-705 videos and few answers to your questions","author":"Thomas","date":"July 19, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"I've been getting a number of inquiries from readers lately about the new, yet-to-be-released, Icom IC-705 QRP portable transceiver. Here are a few quick answers to frequent reader questions: \"Will you review the IC-705?\" Yes, I certainly will. If the loaner unit from Icom has a long lead time, I'll\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Ham Radio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Ham Radio","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/ham-radio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Icom-IC-705.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Icom-IC-705.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Icom-IC-705.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":47470,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/the-icom-ic-705-is-about-to-achieve-holy-grail-status\/","url_meta":{"origin":39379,"position":1},"title":"The Icom IC-705 is about to achieve &#8216;Holy Grail&#8217; status","author":"Thomas","date":"January 25, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"In 2019, shortly after Icom announced the Icom IC-705, I speculated that this rig might be a contender for \"Holy Grail\" status. I must admit...the more I use this radio, the more I love it. It is a proper Swiss Army Knife of a radio. Even though I've owned and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;AM&quot;","block_context":{"text":"AM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/am\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Icom-IC-705-Display-Files-Playback-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Icom-IC-705-Display-Files-Playback-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Icom-IC-705-Display-Files-Playback-1.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Icom-IC-705-Display-Files-Playback-1.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":47976,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/a-review-of-the-icom-ic-705-qrp-portable-sdr-transceiver\/","url_meta":{"origin":39379,"position":2},"title":"A review of the Icom IC-705 QRP Portable SDR Transceiver","author":"Thomas","date":"March 1, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"The following review was first published in\u00a0the February 2021 issue of The Spectrum Monitor\u00a0magazine: It sometimes seems that one of the biggest enemies of a radio enthusiast these days is RFI (radio frequency interference), which is to say, human-originated noise that infiltrates\u2013\u2013and plagues\u2013\u2013vast chunks of our radio spectrum. Yet I\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;AM&quot;","block_context":{"text":"AM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/am\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Icom-IC-705-Elecraft-AX1-T1-K3378-3-768x1024-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Icom-IC-705-Elecraft-AX1-T1-K3378-3-768x1024-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Icom-IC-705-Elecraft-AX1-T1-K3378-3-768x1024-1.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Icom-IC-705-Elecraft-AX1-T1-K3378-3-768x1024-1.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":45708,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/taking-the-icom-ic-705-to-the-field-for-a-battery-endurance-test\/","url_meta":{"origin":39379,"position":3},"title":"Taking the Icom IC-705 to the field for a battery endurance test","author":"Thomas","date":"October 3, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"I recently posted results from my listening endurance test with the new Icom IC-705 QRP general coverage transceiver. I've been on a mission to see just how long the supplied BP-272 Li-ion battery pack can hold up with a full charge in real-world conditions. Thursday, I took the IC-705 to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Ham Radio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Ham Radio","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/ham-radio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Icom-IC-705-Battery-CW-Morse-Single-Lever-9.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Icom-IC-705-Battery-CW-Morse-Single-Lever-9.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Icom-IC-705-Battery-CW-Morse-Single-Lever-9.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Icom-IC-705-Battery-CW-Morse-Single-Lever-9.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Icom-IC-705-Battery-CW-Morse-Single-Lever-9.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":44435,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/how-would-an-icom-ic-705-compare-with-a-xiegu-g90\/","url_meta":{"origin":39379,"position":4},"title":"How would an Icom IC-705 compare with the Xiegu G90?","author":"Thomas","date":"July 21, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Paul, who asks: How does the Icom compare with the Xiegu G90, besides lack of a built-in antenna tuner, and having lower transmit power, and a better screen? Good question, Paul. The G90 is a great radio for sure and has better specs and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Ham Radio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Ham Radio","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/ham-radio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Xiegu-G90-Remote-Head-Option-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Xiegu-G90-Remote-Head-Option-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Xiegu-G90-Remote-Head-Option-1.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Xiegu-G90-Remote-Head-Option-1.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Xiegu-G90-Remote-Head-Option-1.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Xiegu-G90-Remote-Head-Option-1.jpeg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":43349,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/icom-ic-705-international-availability\/","url_meta":{"origin":39379,"position":5},"title":"Icom IC-705 International Availability","author":"Thomas","date":"May 15, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"(Icom Press Release) Icom Inc. will begin to ship the IC-705, a new all mode portable transceiver covering HF, VHF and UHF, for the Japan domestic market from the middle of June 2020. Shipments of the IC-705 for international markets will follow the release of the Japan domestic model. 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